Letter to Yvette from Howard, September 24, 1944
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Title
Letter to Yvette from Howard, September 24, 1944
Subject
Military life, Love letters
Description
Howard complains to Yvette about the terrible food and the lack of mail.
Creator
Sarty, Howard L., 1919-1977
Source
Harvey, Gretchen (donor)
Publisher
Courtesy of the Concordia College Archives
Date
1944-09-24
Contributor
Miller, Christine (digitization, transcription, metadata)
Rights
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License
Format
Correspondences
Language
English
Type
Text
Identifier
1944-09-24
Coverage
Tennessee
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Correspondences
Text
[Written on United States Army stationery]
Sept. 24, 1944
Sunday
Dearest Yvette,
Well here it is sunday and no chaplain to tell my troubles to. We got up this morning and had chow at 4 A.M. and here it is afternoon and I’m hungry. I was just talking to Tony Suogusa and he’s still complaining about the army. I’ve [sic] still haven’t got any mail yet we were supposed to get it this morning but it hasn’t got here yet. I’ll probably get enough letters to put to gether [sic] and make a book by the time I get them anyway I hope I get some thing [sic] to day. [sic] Darling I wish this darn war would end and quick[ly] to. [sic] Well darling I just had to move cherry to a new position
[Page 2]
and now I’m settled down again until I get another order. Yve you should see me now I haven’t shaved since wednesday
2 hrs later
Well darling I just shaved and washed and had to take over the radio while the operator shaved. Darling we have troubles. Well kid I got to go now I [will] write a little later and until then. I love you very much and want you more than anything in this world. I love you. As Ever,
Howard
[The following was included as a postscript]
P.S. I love you just the same Mummy.
Sept. 24, 1944
Sunday
Dearest Yvette,
Well here it is sunday and no chaplain to tell my troubles to. We got up this morning and had chow at 4 A.M. and here it is afternoon and I’m hungry. I was just talking to Tony Suogusa and he’s still complaining about the army. I’ve [sic] still haven’t got any mail yet we were supposed to get it this morning but it hasn’t got here yet. I’ll probably get enough letters to put to gether [sic] and make a book by the time I get them anyway I hope I get some thing [sic] to day. [sic] Darling I wish this darn war would end and quick[ly] to. [sic] Well darling I just had to move cherry to a new position
[Page 2]
and now I’m settled down again until I get another order. Yve you should see me now I haven’t shaved since wednesday
2 hrs later
Well darling I just shaved and washed and had to take over the radio while the operator shaved. Darling we have troubles. Well kid I got to go now I [will] write a little later and until then. I love you very much and want you more than anything in this world. I love you. As Ever,
Howard
[The following was included as a postscript]
P.S. I love you just the same Mummy.
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Sarty, Howard L., 1919-1977, “Letter to Yvette from Howard, September 24, 1944,” Concordia Memory Project, accessed November 1, 2026, https://concordiamemoryproject.concordiacollegearchives.org/items/show/1198.